Lu Hao also asked Gray Cat whether Heavenly Dog's Origin Path was a devouring path as well.
Gray Cat said it was not. Although Heavenly Dog's Origin ultimate art was the Devour All Directions Divine Art, its Origin Path was not the devouring path. It did not know what path Big Dog had taken, only that it was mysterious and had improved rapidly. Back in the Heavenly Realm, it had quickly reached the seventh break. This reminded Lu Hao of Heavenly Dog's fate in the original timeline—Hong Kun had stolen its Great Dao. Heavenly Dog's path, combined with Heavenly Tree's path, could be considered that of the Demon Emperor. Though it was ultimately sacrificed to Fang Ping, that proved Heavenly Dog's path was extraordinary, at the very least an alternative Beast Emperor path. Although Heavenly Dog did not acknowledge itself as a demonic beast, the path it took was indeed the Beast Emperor path. The Heaven-Swallowing Art was merely an ultimate art that provided it with resources.
Only when combined with Heavenly Tree's Demon Plant path could it truly be considered the Demon Emperor path.
Lu Hao did not dwell on other matters. The Earth Emperor was still busy plotting against Fang Ping and likely had not noticed Lu Hao yet. Though Lu Hao had improved quickly, in the eyes of someone like the Earth Emperor, he was probably just another fellow Daoist's chess piece, not worth his attention. What the Earth Emperor valued were the contingencies he and Zhan had arranged. Only those could defeat the Heavenly Emperor.
Without Lu Hao, the Earth Emperor and the others would likely have had their most perfect opportunity, their greatest chance of victory. After all, to overthrow the Seed from within the Seed, they needed the strength of every side. But with